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The Labor enquirer., 1887-03-05
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When hope e. rSdoi a ian fss'
goes out, Al. ,rck,,ss insolencs
comes In. NY visitor told me his story.
and picked with nervous fingers st his
old csp while he told II. He was not
inso.ent, be was not hard. do not
think he lied. I think there ought tn
be some work for him. Some place,
so'se foothold. Think there are good
brains enough. good hearts en- nough 10
devise q way to rave ma1 from becom'
Ing tramp. I listened 10 hrs story,
opened the door and be "movsd on" II
made me think Of something
bad read In Dickens BLEAK House. ,
and took down the book and turned
10 the chapter In which Poor Joe"
figures. Yyu remember him muncbing
q dirty piece Of bread. sitting down 70
his breakfast on the doorstep Of the
Society for the Propagation OF the Cos
pel IN Foreign Parts" There he sits,
locking up at the great cross ON the sum
NIT Of 81. Paul's cathedral. He does not
know what that cross means. Poor
little hesthen !-poor Church o. En-.
gland, too! His breath draws as heav
"A a carr. IL am q moving on" he saye.
"l'm moving on to the buryin' ground,
that's what a. am up TO-"
IL Is only little while and the breath
that draws as heavy as cart 10 too
heavy. The light has come upon the
poor benighted boy-dead ! dead, your
majesty! dead. nv lords and gentlemen
dead. right reyerends and wro ng rever.
ends Of every orderl dead, men and
women born with heavenly compassion
In your hearts; and diving thus around
us every day" But that was in London
crowded center Of the earth. Here
things are different. Yes. they are
American rags are not 80 ancient as
those Of London. We are Young. We
are not far on the road, but the question
To-: Is ~ the same old evil road? IL
pauperism 10 be- an American institu.
uon2 MYRos w. REED.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-03-05

mere -ssv and hsf<het" men have en-
tered your tsa@s forced there bv bit.
Ter compstit,os for bread. They have
cut doun.vsur kages and increased the
bousv Of vour labor. And meanwhile
you have been nactive.-,slsep.
Osber trsdss wers awake and organ
| issd thsmsslv@s: they combined in
svery locality and stood solidlv together.
Look at the result the hod carrier gets
better wages add works les hours than
you; e5 . DAT and eight hours in San
Fnncisco. In Denver the bricklayers
the same.
Il IT not time 10 wake up and do some
thing to improve your condition; don't
you feel that you need more and better
food. decent clothes. . respectable resi-.
dsncei Oughth't you to be able to have
books. papers, music and pictures in
your home? Are not these things
worth working for?
The read lies open for You to obtain
them all. Yoar ttothers throughout
the whole republic are waking up.
They have organised a union upon q
solid basis and are trying to stand
shoulder to shoulder. one by all and all
bv one, for the common good.
This organization, the Brotherhood
of Csrpen,ers and Joiners Of America"
now have . branch in nearly every city
Of the land; it b recruiting rapidly; it's
National Secrets ~ isNP. ]. McGuraE one
Of the s5lest writers, speakers and tacti-
clans In the great labor movement; 1t
has attractive and profitable benefcia
features; and besides this II shortly
proposes 10 make vigorous 6ght to
shorten the present long and wearisome
hours Of labor that you now have. to
toll.
That carpenter who does not Join the
union at once. who does not stick TO it
and work and fight for its interests
(which are his own) lacks in my humble
opinion good co mmon sense.
Now rs TIE time and NOW is the hour
TO begin TO fight for improved coudi.
iions, for more aud better bread and
butter. Do not deIav but join at once.
BURyErrE &. HASKELL.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-03-05
70 CARPENTERS.
A Word to These Who Build All
the Palaces Ct
Earth.

1haveafew words Of plain Saxon 10 sa,
to those men In this land who handl,
the Chi vel and plane, to those men VIII,
az pioneers cleared the forests, VIII.
driven westward, built no the cities ant
towns and who now still work for wage,
grinding ont their lives without hop,
Of future competence.
WHY is this soY Why is II that you
who build the palaces may not live In
them' Why insy not YOU have carved
siaircases. hardwood floors, rooms pan
elsd Ia rosewood, doors made Of birds
eve mable' Why must YOU live in q
three roomed shanty with low and
leaky roof and no dsc ration except A
mortQags2
II Ia for this that YOU are mn American
citizen guaranteed the right to life and
the means Of living, liberty and the con
ditions necessary to liberty and happi
ness7
Isit really q right 10 life that you
have when you have to beg and cringe
Tor work, when YOU have to accept II a,
low wages, when you have TO toll long
hours. and when YOU count your wage
YOU find II barely enough 10 pay for food
and clothes and rent'
What other liberty have you except
the liberty to starve II you protest or
Hsht this condition Of things?
Do YOU know that the builder, the
carpenter, WAS formerly one Of the mos t
respected and honored trades7 There
was time when 1t was an honor to be-
long to the craft. In those days men
who handled the plane ranked even
above those Who welded the sword.
When the first settlers landed in Amer.
lea the carpenter was respected. honored
and we'll paid. Aher twenty years
work he was able to retire from labor
and enjoy life upon the competence he
had created.
These things are different now, and
thev are different only because Of your
own ignorance, your own foolishness,
your own cowardly insction.
Since the development Of the srea,
machine industry in this century. thou.
sand OF men thrown out Of other work
The Labor enquirer., 1887-03-05
COOPERATION.
To Frogressi We Men and Women.

An agricultural and industrial col 3ny,
having for It's aim, Liberty, Equal lily.
Fraternity and Solidarity, is beisg
formed, on the cooperative plan, in one
on the most favorable locations in Cali.
forhia. Only those In full sympathy
vithNour aims and objects are invite q to
JON. Nor terms and particulars address
J, j. Martin, Traver, Tulare coufty, Cal
fornia.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-03-05

The truth about young Belmont's
death has come out. He attempted to
saw a log of wood to find out how honest
labor would iceland fell dead. His
deati is already accepted as a warming
by the other gentlemen of his class and
they have redoubed tn cir opposition TO
the labor movement.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-03-05

The Imperative Mandate7 is th,
name given to method Of Diminishing
anv public officer from his post when ht
fails to do as the people desire
The same votes that elect remove
When America adopts this System the
people will have some rights that off
cials will respect.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-03-05

The people of this Republic ought Il
do as they do in Switzerland, themselvei
pass upon by ballot everv measure Be
fore i. becomes a law binding upon
them. This is the Referendum" and
until 1t is adopted We are simols slav g.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-03-05
Notice TO linton. and l.. As.

BurnetteG. Haskell, present editor Of The
ENQUIRER, Is prepared to make engage
ments to lecture fpr any of the Unions or as
semblies. Subjects: 'Organization;7 "I'he
Labor Question;'i "The Causes and Rene
dies Of Poverty;T"why Farmers are Poor"
"The Ideal Man." True Americanism;" I"
Scientific Society,"" For terms address this
Office.
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BE HTieG

Correspondents and contributors are noti.
fed again that brevity is the soul OF wit No
long articles will be inserted In The Es.
QrIRER. More than two columns on any
one subject Is fat, stale and Improbable.
Please be kind enough also to understand
that we are volcing g the LABOR department
Of reform and hay , nothing to do with the
religious or sex questions.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-03-05
Public officials should - tho .srv.ks.
not tie masters of the people.

A tramp visits Capitol Hill in search
Of honest work. He gets two kicks q
one house, 3 cold pancake II another,
and bite from dog at third. How
long will be continue 70 vote the old
party tickets?
The Labor enquirer., 1887-03-05

The will Of the people is supreme ;
the decree of the people is 6nsl; the
power of the people is absolute. That
government only is " worthy to stand
that exactly ascertain ns, perfectly de.
clares and stringently executes that
will
The Labor enquirer., 1887-03-05

A beegar met two boys; one gave bin
7 cents and the other gave him cent?.
Find the name of the third boy Who hit
him in the ear with snowfall. Rsfer.
rep to the Denver News as an argument
against the Labor PARTY.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-03-05

The latest femme bit Of slang is sp-
piled to gentlemen. II YOU wear an
English walking stick a nd a drAwl and
part your hair in the middle your are
said 10 be picture skew" instead of
as-kew. But you are an ass, neve!the-
leaa
The Labor enquirer., 1887-03-05
. Away with 5 weet flowers

$50 Away with 5 weet flowers
And Loves tender devotion.
To me they've become
As q thing of the past;
What are iio~ ers, but form.
What is love but notion?.
They wither alike
Meath Adversity's blast.
Ny capturing smile.
gift OF my Maker.
And once was as pure
As the stars over head;
But now, like false light
That leads to the BREAKER
II cha rms, but It warns not.-
'Tis brilllant,-bu dead.
A wreck by the way-side:
A bawd In the highway;
A trembling menace
To al that is pure:
A desolate heart,
In desolate by-way-
Where virtues stranger,
And vice Is secure.
Yes! HERE, will end
All the days that are left mel
A cold painted thing,
In a palace OF sin;
And Death will restore
All that Earth has bereft me
The solace OF silence
From what have been.
The cldds-hollow sNinding.-
More gently-more lightly
Shall fall DER my heart,
And shsll press down my eyes
Than the worlds chilling grasp,
Whidh encompassed so tightly
Ny maine, and my life,
My Live and It's ties.
Poor Marlon's grave
Is her only defender.
Its cold, speechless lips
Shall not mention her sin;
Ny GOD. Oh, My COP,
VIII fou. then remember
The Pa Ut, as II rises
From Earth.-like a dream?
B. G. II.
DENVER, March l.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-03-05

Why IS It that those. who prepare the fine
foods and delicate wines may not consume
them?
The Labor enquirer., 1887-03-05

There are 1000 species Of fish known
to men Of science. Men of sclence did
not evidently gain their information
bv visiting the houses of The wage
workers.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-03-05

After you have read this ENQUIRER, wrap
It up and mall It b some friend or fellow
wage worker and send him on postal at the
same time q request to subscribe.
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indiserctions OF youth. nervous weakness. carly
decay. ioss OF manhood. kc.. will send recipe
'hs, VIII cure you. FREE OF CHARGE. This great
remedy vss discovered By missionary In South
America Send sclf lf-addrcssed envelope to the
Rxv. JosxsH 7. rxxAS. Static. D. Ney York CIR.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-03-05

Both rich and poor have their club.
That Of the moor is the policeman's club.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-03-05

The latest fashion in trousers is tc
melt dude and pour him in hot.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-03-05

1T is from the hell Of the poor that
the paradise Of the rich is made
Victor Hugo. :
The Labor enquirer., 1887-03-05

There is the d ference onlv Of an So
between speculation and peculation.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-03-05

The only padded cell that the rich en-
joy.-a ballet dancer. rt'
The Labor enquirer., 1887-03-05

Boroorr-Arm ours Canned Goods o'
Chicago. NJ
The Labor enquirer., 1887-03-05
TO "DEMoCRk TICv OR "REPUBLI-
CAN" .wORKINGhEN.

The best advice I can give TO vol,
And Won will tike II know
Wear big hat and l tell yoi that
Twill give room for your head 4
grow"
ANNA UAsKYLL.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-03-05

vT0ITcan live at home, and make more
viii money at work for us, than at any
iii thing else in this world. Capital
l OOnOt needed; you are started free.
Both sexes: all ages. Anyone can do the
work. Large earnings sure from first start.
dress and find out; if you are wise you will
do so at ono. II. HALLETT & CO., Port
land, Maine. 4S-52t
The Labor enquirer., 1887-03-05

Dnmnfeuto b naie., Cut thji out
mOUlI Us! value and Impors1nce
0 lol, 11t Will stArt you In business which
VII bring Jon IN more money right away
can do tSe ~crf s,s and 1iye sS 4 home. H|tSes
sex: I'll ages. Something new, that juss
coiHs money for al workers. We will start
yoq; capital not needed. This b ono Of the
Important genuine chances Of lifetime.
Those who are ambitious and ents rprisina
Will not delay. Grand outfit free. Address
TRUE 4 CO., Augusta, Maine. 4S1l
The Labor enquirer., 1887-03-05
! IA MAN*

~Ho IS UnscoUAHreo WITH The /ocooHiPHY or THIS
COUNTY, VII SEE nYl EXAMINING MS nAs rnsI NE
St. Landry democrat., 1887-07-09
WOMEN IN MEMS CLOTHING.
english Girl, Converts to IIormonism, Beg
Their Way Back from Utah.

John Brennan, chief gate-keeper at the
Pennsylvania railroad station in Jersey
City, yesterday afternoon noticed young
woman who had arrived on a train from the
West, and who seemed to be at loss what
20 do. He questioned her and after a
while succeeded in learning her story. Her
name, she said, was Eleanor PASTOR. Sew
eral months ago she and sixteen other young
women came from Cornwall, England, with
a party of Mormon converts. The party was
in charge of Elder BascOm. On arriving in
Salt Lake City, Eleanor and a friend named
Amelia Clegg, a delicate young woman, were
assigned to Elder Bascom, and were taken
to his house.
There they found three the elders wives,
the oldest of whom is described by Miss
PASTOR as an "old bag with violent tenn
per- The new arrivals did not like the
prospect and resolved to make their escape
if possible. They were ASST gned to room
and it was understood that the next day the
ceremony Of sealing" them to the elder
would be performed. They then tore the
bed-clothing into strips and lowered them
selves out of the window. Wandering
about they met Junius F. Wells, another
elder, to whom they told their story. Wells
took pity on them, and agreed to aid them
in escaping from the city. He took them to
a stable and dressed them in male attire
which had been worn by two of his
farm-hands. AS they were leaving the
stable to go to the railroad station
Elder Bascom appeared and asked Wells
if he had seen the two young women.
He answered that he had not, and, turning
to the disguised and trembling females, COM
menced giving them some instructions about
the work they were to do that day on the
farm. Bascom left and Wells started the
females in the direction of the depot after
boarded train and got safely away. When
they thought they were at a safe distance
they contided their secret to some ladies, and
were furnished with suitable wearing apparel
One of the ladies, who lived in Omaha, took a
fancy to Miss Clegg and offered to provide
home for her. The offer was thankfully
accepted. Miss Pastor came on to New York.
she said she had friend named Mrs. Griffin
in South Eighth street, Brooklyn, E. D.
Yen York Tribune
St. Landry democrat., 1887-07-09
among crowds or accepts of invitations to
make speeches at dinners.

among crowds or accepts of invitations to
make speeches at dinners.
That devouring crowd which wants to
handle it's author and humorist always re-
minds me of the Doors who come into fine
parlors and want to break piece off the
bric-a-brac in order to see what it is made of.
Nearly every man with fine faculties in
him for literary work is yulgarized and
broken by common contacts.
Mr.. Small had an unhappy descent into
poverty and distress. He found his way out
by becoming an exhorter on religious mat
tiers, singular conclusion for 4 man who
could make people smile and be happy.
This humor of the Americans is very dis
tinct thing from the wit of the English;
there was little wit in Shakspearein the sense
of sharp pithy sayings, but he has humor so
nicely and broadly ditfused that you hardly
know where the line divides it from the rest
of his composition. Falstatf does not make
many points; he is humorous in quantities
and in general, and he has lasted 300 years.
Mark Twain has humor, and better than
that, dramatic descriptive power; his humor
often is fierce and sardonic, but told with q
smile which gives it to some an aspect of
merriment. The basis of his humor is in the
irreverence of our new, fresh people for
whatever is conservative and settled To
make Jest of Adam suits part of our age,
but he who made a jest of Noah was cursed
in his children's children. Mark Twain
probably had beneath the surface the gem
eral money-making instinct of the Ameri-
cans-and as he has gone forward in this
occupation, he reminds one of Billy Burton,
the comedian and manager, who became
rich, and still made people laugh W. saw
him before the footlights while in reality he
was hard creditor and good deal of mer-
chant, even in his humOr. He had his name
put to cyclopedia of wit and humOr, most
of the work of which was done by plain hire
lings. The humor which lasts a long while
is founded upon something universal in
human nature and not upon the mere tenn
per of the day.
The most scientific Of our humorists,
whose humor was that Of an educated man
and trained one, was Lieutenant Derby, of
the regular army, whose writing name was
John Phenix. He had been with the regll-
lar troops in California and at all the dis
tant posts, and wrote his humor for his
fellOw-otficers and for the incidental society
which assembled around the barracks. 1t was
his intimate knowledge of all the techni-
cality of the service, of the jokes of the mess,
of the personality of the officers and of the
odd and pioneer condition of things at that
time which caused him to become the Won
der of the army.
have often maryeled that the American
officers did not do something more for liter
ature; but in reality our army is kept at
such small figure, on account of the pars
mony of the politicians, that nearly every
body in it is overworked at his ordinary
duties.
GEORGE ALFRED TOWNSEND.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-07-09
WARDS OCCUPATION.
The Napoleon of Finance in the Role of a
Convict Printer.

Convict Printer.
A recent letter from Sing Sing N. Y,
saws: "a few steps to the south from the
keepers office is the printing shop of the in
sti,ution. 1t consists of one small room in
which all the apparatus of printing is in
cluded. There is only one workman. He
sets the type, corrects the galleys, locks up
the forms, takes proofs and does the press
work. The press stands on bench at one
side, the cases at another, and the walls are
covered from top to bottom with specimens
of the printers art, taken mainly from the
columns of the illustrated newspapers The
typographer, whose sanctum is this room, is
a man who has caused deal of talk in his
time, devising the most astounding schemes
for making money, the memory of whose SEN
sational career will not soon fade away. His
name is Ferdinand Ward. He was STOPPING
over box on the floor when the keeper en-
tered, watching with keen enjoyment
spaniel surrounded by litter of very young
Pups. He glanced up with smile and said:
That was good place for her, wasn't 1t,
Mr.. Connaughton? I'm glad she made her
bed there, for am very fond of dogs The
keeper assented briefly, and proceeded to
point out to the visitor the various features
Of the room. Ward stepped to the bench
and picked up proof that he had just taken
and handed it to Mr.. Connaughton for in
spection. The prisoner was dressed like the
other convicts, with the exception OF straw
hat instead of the regulation striped cap. he
was evidently pleased with his work, and
perhaps had failed to see that it was anna
flourish in several respects, although the Sc
lection of the type showed good TASTE"
St. Landry democrat., 1887-07-09

fall dead at the thought. The fare for
or two of American money, and that is
why they are so crowded and so numer-
GUS The picture gives one an idea of
the conglomeration seen on an average
"carry-all" There are other sights along
the road which cannot help but amuse and
attract the attention of stranger; per-
haps the greatest of the sights is the
large strings of macaroni hung out to
dry The greatest factories of macaroni
in Naples are along the road to Pompeii,
and as you drive on you see the paste
drying in the air. 1t is quite soft when
it is swung over the long poles and car
ried out by men to the sidewalks to be
hung On the racks to be dried by the sun.
These stands are plain ''two-story' ar
rangements and usually hold six poles of
macaroni on a tier. On these racks out
in the sun, amid flies and dust, the maca-
roni hangs all day, blowing in the wind
and hardening by the suns rays.
This is uncooked macaroni. To see it
cooked in true Neapolitan style you must
go to house and watch the people eat it.
The art of eating macaroni is great one,
and it is with true delight that the ma
tives will show you how to do it. Good
macaroni is luxury here, and like every
where else, demand makes a supply.
The demand to see macaroni eaters by
tourists has started this class Now, you
can pay fee and see the rather disa-
greeable sight. Some of these combine
other business with that of macaroni
eating. For instance, you can buy fish
or fruit and see the family enjoy their
dejeuner at the same time
Passing by the macaroni in your
drive from the city you will come across
eggars-increasing in the ratio of the
distance you leave the town proper. All
along the road is continuous line of
houses, but all different towns and called
by different names.
Beggars of all kinds and classes
besiege you, and go to all sorts of ex-
tremes to entice few pence from your
pocket. The children of this class are
St. Landry democrat., 1887-07-09
Patriotic Names.

In a Massachusetts, town there are two
young colored men, educated in the public
schools and "well brought up" who prob
ably bear the most peculiar Christian names,
if they can be called Christian names at all,
that have been worn since the Puritan times,
when men received whole phrases of Scrip
ture as names in baptism, such as Fight-the-
Good Fight Smith. shun-the- Ways-o Evil
Jones and Pray Without Ceasing johnson.
The name of one Of these young men is
Army-of- the-Potomac Johnson-we give an
other surname in the place of the real one
and Of the other, Ninth Corps johnson.
Both were born during the civil wat,
when their father served for time with the
Ninth Corps of the Army of the Potomac.
He was anxious to give his sons patriotic
names, suited to the stirring times, and 50
named them after, what were to him, the
most famous military organizations in the
world.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-07-09

of your ride. They are kind of
private omnibus. Each driver owns
his own vehicle, and it consists of
very light two-wheel cart drawn
by one horse. The driver sits on
little seat on the shaft, while opposite
him is one passenger, and four people can
sit on the shafts between the horses tail
are three "regular' seats or boards
stretched across the wagon quite high
up. Then there is another seat behind
these and in this the passengers sit with
their backs to the horse Then again
there is a sort Of step hanging on be-
hind; on this two more passengers
can sit. The total number to be ac-
St. Landry democrat., 1887-07-09
A Painful MiSfaEa

The point of the following story will be
evident, at least to all country readers. The
bumblebee never flies very high, and is often
called the hllmblebee, but he is above being
taken for blackberry:
Boston Young LADY, want to look at
pair of eyeglasses, sir, of extra magnifying
power.
Dealer-Yes, maam; something very
strong?
Boston Young Lady-Yes, sir. While
visiting in the country last summer made
very painful blunder which I never want
to repeat.
Dealer-May ask what that-er-blunder
was?
Boston Young Lady-Oh, yes. mistook
a bumblebee for blackberry.-New York